key word: use
inspired by Tech Talk thread

mine is my 1942 Mosin Nagant (WWII Soviet standard issue rifle), similar to this one:


have fired about 200 rounds out of it since I've bought it

[Edited on February 25, 2014 at 10:43 PM. Reason : ibyourmom]

2/25/2014 10:42:34 PM

Probably my bed. This thing is old as shit.

Nah, has to be my night table, I've had it ever since I can remember. Its probably 25 years old.

2/25/2014 11:04:27 PM

Stereo receiver. Got it when I was in my early teens. While the tape deck (ha!) and cd carousel (still have but in a box) are no longer there, I have a turntable and speakers.

2/25/2014 11:11:03 PM

The chair I'm currently sitting in is probably 1970's era. No idea how old (craigslist find) but it looks and feels genuinely vintage. We also have a circa 1940's secretary/bureau that we keep odds and ends in, but I don't know if that fits your definition of "use" (though I open it up once or twice a week).

If you count household fixtures, the building is 89 years old. I use the lovely cut glass doorknobs all the time, right?

2/26/2014 1:23:22 AM

I live in an 110 year old house.

2/26/2014 5:58:07 AM

I believe that's my Mosin nagant tchenku



^ Does a house qualify as "equipment?" I'm seriously curious...



[Edited on February 26, 2014 at 7:00 AM. Reason : .]

2/26/2014 6:59:42 AM

Old by age is my 1927 Mosin Nagant

Oldest by time in my personnal possession is probably my alarm clock (think I was 5) or my dressor (not sure when my grandpa built it)

2/26/2014 8:46:23 AM

My fish tank is the same one we had when I was a kid. I can't remember not having that fish tank, so it's gotta be at least 30 years old.

I use several tools that I can remember using as a kid helping my Dad work in the yard and around the house. (shovels, rakes, hammers, screwdrivers, etc).

My GF has a wardrobe that was her Mom's when her Mom was in High School, so it's probably pushing 50 years old.

We also have several pieces of furniture around the house that belonged to our Grandparents, who had them long before we were born. No telling how old they are.

I have several guns around the house for display that belonged to my Grandfather. I wouldn't say I "use" them, as I've only fired each of them a few times.

[Edited on February 26, 2014 at 9:03 AM. Reason : a]

2/26/2014 9:01:39 AM

I have this wooden clothes drying rack that is least 40 years old that I use weekly

2/26/2014 9:05:01 AM

I have a combination lock that I used on my locker my freshman year of high school. That's about it.

2/26/2014 9:23:05 AM

i have a 1960s sewing machine i've done a few projects with. it now needs some adjustment

2/26/2014 9:32:47 AM

I'm surprised no one has said "Your Mom" yet.

2/26/2014 9:36:28 AM

I have a bedset that was my mother's when she was first out on her own. 40ish years old probably.

Other than that I have a few tshirts from highschool I still wear on occasion (11ish years old)

2/26/2014 9:36:29 AM

yeeeeaaaaahhhh... if you could go ahead and throw those out, that'd be greeeaaaat

2/26/2014 9:49:20 AM

I've still got a few shirts from my Freshman year at NCSU that I wear, but not in public. Usually I just wear them when lounging around the house or working in the yard.

2/26/2014 9:55:03 AM

probably my 1950's Gillette DE Safety Razor

2/26/2014 10:23:01 AM

Probably my 1940s Bona Allen cutting saddle. That, and my house was built in 1940.

2/27/2014 2:48:09 PM

The Wolf Web

2/27/2014 3:44:52 PM

M1896 Swedish Mauser dated 1919

[Edited on February 27, 2014 at 5:19 PM. Reason : shoots better than most new factory hunting rifles]

next would be my M1 Garand. receiver dates to 1940. barrel dates 1944.

my M1 Carbine is dated 1943.

[Edited on February 27, 2014 at 5:22 PM. Reason : dafs]

2/27/2014 5:19:02 PM

penis? has anyone said penis yet?

2/27/2014 8:41:42 PM

Probably all these atoms up in my body. They were around when the ancient aliens ruled the earth. Source: The History Channel.

2/27/2014 8:53:02 PM

your mom? has anyone said your mom yet?

2/27/2014 9:31:01 PM

My house was built in 1957, but that's not really equipment. One of my favorite guitar amps is my 1973 Fender Bronco.

2/27/2014 11:33:12 PM

i have a few 19th century pump organs i restored

i use them to play 'gimme that old tyme religion'

2/28/2014 12:18:55 AM

I have some old wood boxes that I put magazines in. One has 1942 stamped on the side.

2/28/2014 9:01:39 AM

the cradle we used the first week or so for our son has been in my wife's family since around the civil war era or so.

2/28/2014 9:03:20 AM

probably my 1992 Integra

2/28/2014 9:27:57 AM

S-K Wayne 1/2" ratchet my dad gave me, from the 70's. The sockets are long gone but I use that thing religiously.

2/28/2014 10:44:42 AM

An Ithaca Model 300 shotgun from the mid 70's and a GE Super Radio from the early 80's.

2/28/2014 11:05:08 AM

not as old, but i still use my dad's old green Stanley vacuum thermos. Always nice coming back to the truck from a ride to a warm cup of coffee.

2/28/2014 12:27:09 PM

I still use my grandad's thermos



[Edited on February 28, 2014 at 12:32 PM. Reason : ]

2/28/2014 12:32:14 PM

looks like you still use his rustoleum painted table too.

be careful if you have the chairs that match that fucker, things rust and your ass will fall through.

2/28/2014 12:34:40 PM

My fat guy beer mug is pretty old. The lid is engraved 1946 and the glass is stamped 1911. This guy emanates jolliness when you're drinking from his cup.

[Edited on February 28, 2014 at 12:56 PM. Reason : s]

2/28/2014 12:54:05 PM

My great great grandfather's pocket watch from the 1910s, I keep it wound and it still runs fine

3/3/2014 2:17:46 PM

I dunno. My desk is an old drafting table from the early 70s. Despite the makeshift CD coasters, people always put their sweaty drinks on it. Always. It's not a remarkable table, but it has a lot of sentimental value. And I don't usually harbor much sentiment for objects...so I'm a little weird about my desk. I suppose I'm also attached to the drink rings at this point.

3/3/2014 5:44:32 PM

If its a drafting table, just raise it on a slight incline so no one can set their drink on it.

3/3/2014 6:55:16 PM

But I still need to set my drinks on it.

It's a real dilemma!

3/3/2014 7:07:26 PM

I think either one of my guitars or one of my hand planes in my shop...not sure.

3/3/2014 8:59:48 PM

I've got a 72' Washburn guitar that I play a lot.

I used one of these the other day.

3/3/2014 9:03:32 PM

equipment of some sort? maybe my early 80s Ibanez guitar. Furniture, either our marble saarinen tulip table or our larsen for selig chair off the top of my head which are both from the 50s.

[Edited on March 3, 2014 at 9:09 PM. Reason : ]

3/3/2014 9:08:54 PM

When my parents pass away (hopefully not for a very long time) I really hope that I inherit our family's grandfather clock. It was made in Scotland, during the late 1700s. Pretty badass time piece

3/4/2014 1:34:52 PM

Mine is a 1955 Colt Detective Special. It was my Grandfather's duty and then my uncles. I carry it at work and during leisure hours.

3/4/2014 5:52:13 PM

I use a long-ago sporterized model 1895 7mm Chilean Mauser with a 50's era Weaver k-4 scope on it as a hunting/farm predator rifle. Production on that model stopped in 1902 but its performance is comparable to any bolt action rifle on the market now in a similar caliber. We use a lot of farm equipment- tractors, truck, implements, etc... from the 60's on a daily basis.

3/6/2014 10:17:57 PM

my dong

27 years old

3/6/2014 11:10:40 PM

I've also got my granddad's 1940 Bulova. When I wear a watch (which isn't often), I wear that.

3/7/2014 1:38:06 PM

Well i have a clay lamp from 100 A.D, but I don't use it b/c that might mess it up. I have my "pirate" cross from the 1750's. My bed set was custom built in the 1830's. I have a lot of stuff from the 1800's around the house. I'm still working on modernizing myself into this century.

3/13/2014 3:12:55 PM